cupidsammo | janboy catch-all

[HE FEELS LIKE HE WAS JUST DISRESPECTED BY THE YOUTH.........

but once the food is ready over, he brings it over to the table and places koharu's curry in front of her. taps her hand with the non-pointy end of the chopsticks to let her know they're there, before placing them next to her hand.]

Here you go.

[ handsing for the chopsticks but she DOES get them ]

I'm realizing this might take me a while.

It'll take time, but you can pick it up. One of the best swordsmen I ever knew was blind, actually.

... Huh? How can you do that blind?

For combat, he used echolocation through his fast draw technique to locate the enemy. [a beat] That's probably too advanced of a technique for you to pick up before this wears off, though.

[also, koharu is not an iai practitioner.]

..... Not unless drawing a handgun really fast will let me use echolocation.

Probably not.

[a huff]

He was perfectly independent even without it in daily life, though, so I don't doubt that you can adjust enough to get by. Though of course, ideally it'll wear off before you have to.

... I hope so. Now I feel really, really stupid about what I did.

... Don't feel stupid. It was a reckless decision and I wouldn't advocate for doing it again—but if you genuinely weren't sure, you'd be regretting it more if you voted and you were wrong, right?

[ She takes a bite of food, savoring that short moment before exhaling, tiredly ]

Since we can see who gets our votes, I thought I would feel too guilty if someone saw their name up there, even if they were totally innocent.

That makes sense. Even if there's no real risk, it's still difficult to explain that you were willing to endanger them.

... That's right. We cut it so close, and—what if I picked the same as someone else? And what if...

I don't think I could've done that.

[...

he reaches up to pat her back, lightly so that he doesn't startle her.]

Then it sounds like you made the decision that you could best live with, even if it came with consequences.